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The Brittannia a first Rate carrying 100 Guns and 780 Men with a view of Woolwich where she was built
Line engraving (monochrome) showing the Brittannia (or Britannia), inscribed: "The Brittannia a first rate carrying 100 guns and 780 men with a view of Woolwich where she was built. / Her power does Britain in her Fleets display. Which with their smoaky cannon banish day." Smoke is indeed billowing profusely from her cannon in this image.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAF7927 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Places: | Woolwich |
| Vessels: | Britannia (1719) |
| Date made: | 1719 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 332 x 416 mm; Mount: 406 mm x 558 mm |